Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-09-08
SOMETHING ABOUT WIGS.
THE DIFFERENT SORTS THERE ARE.
AND WHAT THEY USUALLY COST.

AND WHAT THEY USUALLY COST.
The First Thing TO be Decided wheI
Getting a Wig Ventilation - Maxim,
the Measurements-A Realistic Effect
Wigs for Women.
| There IS great deal more to Il wig thai
| appears to the untutored mind even Of bal,
man, There are ready made and made q
| order wigs of almost as many shades ant
styles as there are bald men TO wear them
| The prices vary from three dollar chea,
mat of hair 10 hide a coming bald spot t,
beautiful combinations that cost hundreds O
dollars. The first thing to be done in gettins
a wig is TO decide how much you want T.
pay. An ordinary plain welt wig, as it i
called, costs SIS, unless the bald headed mai
wants a gray one, which viii cost IS more
| This wig will cover bald head as well as
| $50 ventilated wig with gauze seams, but tn
| owner of it would not feel as well or look q
pretty as he would with wig with al
| modern improvements.
| After the plain welt wig comes the wef
| wig with gauze seams. This wig costs s,
more, and if extra quality hair of fine look
| ing gray or other rare color is wanted if
| value may be as high as $50. In gauz
seam wig the parting of the hair is OF
| gauze, and the wig is more deceptive. Tb,
| gauze shows up white in imitation of tn
| natural scalp. 1t takes more art to do this
| and extra art cost money.
WITH HAIR NET sEAM
Ambitious bald heads may buy the wef
i airy TbiS 10
ment still over the gauze seam, and sucl
Improvements cost s. each-gray hair extr,
rates. Wig manufacturers describe this q
"the highest perfection yet reached in til,
! wigmaker's art, for it is impossible to dis
tinguish it from the habitual parting, ant
hence this wig possesses the valuable desider
alum Of combining naturalness and durabil
ity." Wigmakers always spell wig with
big W, and use Latin words in describing it
to show their knowledge of the antiquity ans
dignity Of concealers Of badness.
The ventilated wig, with the hair net seam
is the top notch in wigs, and costs from s..
up. It is an invention in which proper wi:
manufacturers take great pride specia
crochet needle has been invented for TIL
| making Of this wig and the hairs are Gro
chetted in. The wig with hair net seam
ventilation and all, weighs only an ounc
and quarter for moderate sized heads, ant
an ounce and a half for big heads.
Five measurements are to be made to hav,
p wig a good fit, and il the bald mans bead
lopsided, or if the bumps are improperly de
veloped. more measurements will have To b,
taken. Measurement No. is around tn
head from the top of the forehead, where III,
roots of the primeval hair We're, down owe
the ears. and around the base of the skull
The next measurement is from the remnant
of hair roots on the forehead to the base O
the head, in a straight line, back over the ex
panse of badness. The tape line Is then t,
be run from ear TO ear over the forehead {,
fix the longitude, and from ear to ear owe
the top of the head to make sure Of the lati
tude of the ears. From temple to temp
around the back of the head fixes the dimen
sions of the rear forehead. With all thes
full Investigations must be made as to whethe
the PERSONS hair was straight or curly, it
color, where it was parted, long or short, an,
thick or thin Bald headed people usually
prefer to have their new hair like their old
but if they are not particular and none O
their old hair is left to petray them, they Cal
change the part and shade and try innova
lions. 1t is not good form, however, anon,
the best families of bald heads to wear
curly wig one day and a.straight haired wi,
the next, though the part may be transferred
from one side to the other if attention is no
called to it.
a REALISTIC EFFECT.
Some bald headed people with conscience
do not cover all their badness but leave
little exposed, thereby adding to the Realistic
effect of their wigs. For such and for tn
mighty host of partially bald toupees ar
made The plain name for toupees is scal]
wigs. 1t is easier to order toupes than
wig. Hero are full directions that people on
in the country can take advantage OF:
Cut a piece of paper the size OF the bald sur
face on the top of the head, then lay it on thi
surface and plat the edges fat SO that The pape
viii fit close and cover the bald part completely
thus giving the exact shape Of the head; thel
draw line with lead pencil where you ha,
parted your hair. Now secure the plaits with
needle and thread so that they viii not come out
after which you can fold your paper pattern ant
inclose with sample of hair. together with in
structions in envelope, for transmission by post
Instructions and cbec; for payment ar
safe things TO send with the measurement
The checks run from $40 up, according to ttt
size of the bald spot and the hair of the bale
man. A toupee can he stuck to the bead 5,
it win not fall Off or be affected by raising
the hat Il should be- taken Off every nigh
and restuck the next morning. The plair
weft toupee costs so, the game seam S:
extra, and the ventilated gauze seam s. more
Gray toupees cost extra Toupees with hail
net seam and gauZe or imitation hair ne,
foundation, which are considered in Tho
manufactures catalogues to be !tbe very
acme Of perfection in every way" cost $40.
All these wigs and toupees are for men
For women they cost more, as womant
wig takes more hair. and tine price runs ur
to anything women want 10 pay, though the
usual prices range from $40 TO si00 Women
are measured the same rs men, and tn,
directions printed above FOR men win do for
women just as we'll Woineil's wigs are in
far greater varieties than mems. Besides the
full wig and the toupees they have ii,numer
able styles of false fronts and half and
so elaborate as 20 comb beck on the bead and
CONCEAL partial badness New York Sun.
Penciiing Her Eyebrows
More than one woman, well known III so
ciety, persists III penciling her eyebrows with
India ink. The fashion might be condoned il
1t were an improvement, but not one woman
in ten can practice ii without making herself
ridiculous. The other day l met at recep-
ton lady who is the mother Of grown
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